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Looks like a nice setup. Did you think at all about a setup that would have the tv mounted above the fireplace in the niche and then swing down your viewing position when powered up?

Richard sent you an email that may help you out.

What about using full height pocket doors? The other option I thought of would be to make the doors exactly the same as the wall so they become invisible? i don't know if you would like that for a bathroom, but might be good for utility room.

Jay: The system looks like is low voltage probably 12v. I've made similar wire rope fixtures before. I don't think that it would be too difficult to make if you were mechanically inclined. The bulbs look like those that are used in the dome lights of cars, some small springs to hook from the...

Jay : A few questions about the spacer install. My install will be similar in location to yours, Spacer master placed at the entrance to the theater in the rear left corner. I gather from your posts you would recommed adding a i/r emitter from the A/v repeater system somewhere in the line of...

Resilince Channel is a small folded metal channel used to mount drywall on. The wall is strapped with resilince channel which is crewed to the wall studs, then the drywall is screwed to the channel instead of screwing it to the wall studs. The idea is that the channel allows the wall and the...

The pioneer model is a vsx 9500 I think, ratings are about 150 per channel. I suppose I could keep it in its place as the everyday unit as the new HT has a Denon 2803 in it. I never considered the volume I guess I assumed the volume was set in the amp stage not the preamp. I might see if I can...

I used roxul products in both the house and cottage so I will try the safe and sound. The corners could be trimmed out later with maybe a nice cording from the local fabric store, maybe hot glued to one surface.

I notice that the roxul safe and sound product is 3" thick, not the usual 3.5" for a 2 by4 wall this must be for a 1/2" air gap to deaden sound further. I didn't know you could use 2 layers of drywall on resilience channel, I'm concerned that it would rip the screws out of the studs. I guess you...

I have a Pioneer AV reciever with jumpers from the preamp out to the amplifier inputs. Could I purchase a Dvd player with an integrated Dolby Digital decoder, replace the jumpers in the pioneer reciever with "y" cables and feed the output audio from the dd dvd player in to the "y" cables, to get...

The theater is in the basement and has 3 outside block walls, so for these walls there is a 3.5" wood stud wall insulated with heavy mineral wool insulation and 1/2 to 1" air gap then the block wall and the dirt. The forth wall is the interior wall is a staggered stud wall to be insulated and...

I'm getting ready to drywall the basement. The hometheater will be a single layer drywall with 5/8 ceiling and 1/2 walls. I was thinking of adding resilence channel to the walls and ceilings. Is there anything else I could do to decrease sound travelling? I heard of people using acoustic caulk...

www.partsexpress.com should have what your looking for as well as some of the advertisers on this form.

I'm just starting to look at these type of subs but have some questions. Where should the sub be located in the room? The reason I ask is I have a small storage room adacent to the seating area of the HT. Diamensions of this room are 3' by 10' by 80" tall. The output for the sub would be right...

I was wondering about the # of lights, thinking it might be too many. I took a couple out of the package and wired them up to play with the distance between them and to see the light pattern. They seem to through a fairly narrow cne of light that is about 5' diameter at the mounting height of...

I have a question regarding the number of zones I will or should have in my theater.the room is 12' by 18' by 7'10" or less. Lighting will consist of - 8 3" pot light 50w each that ring the room in the soffit - 6 3" in the raised center area of the room - rope light around the raised center...

Looks like an interesting product, the sound proofing and insulation would be a real bonus for the HT. the only thing that concerns me is that you have to get a franchised contractor to install it ( high pressure sales pitch? ). Living in Canada I'm sure I wouldn't be able to find a contractor...

I think there is definitely an opporitunity here. The designer must be able to guage what the customer wants in terms of sytle as well a functionality. If she is willing to learn about all the basic requirements reguarding placements, sizes as well as acoustics and work those elememts into her...

i have seen a manual select optical hub for sale in the surplus section of the local Princess Auto store (whitby). I think it was under 20 cdn. You could order them from princessauto.com if you are not close to one. As for auto detecting since we are talking optical here I use a y cable for...

This is still an electric heater with the same heat output as the electric fireplace you have now. The only difference is the fireplace has "flames" and probably a blower. If the house is 7 years old the furnace should be more than capable of heating the basement as I assume you have now...

Looks awesome!! nice clean setup!

Not sure of the height right now but I know it will be about 7'6" down the center with a soffit on atleast one side that will extend 42" into the room at a height of 84" and the riser height at the rear will come out of the 84" so I'll be down to 76" or so in some areas. what would maximise bass...

Shawn that is exactly what I'm looking for! I knew I'd seen it somewhere before but everytime I look through the galleries I get side tracked with some many great designs. Jaypo I would also like to see your design. Thanks again!!

I'm just in the process of starting the theater but have a question for the front wall. The room is 12' by 23' long, but I'm thinking of shortening it to 18' and have a small storage area behind the screen wall.I would like to mount the speakers in this wall for a nice clean look and for more...

I noticed that your in NY,so I assume you will have both a heating and cooling season. If the cold air return is used in both the heating and cooling systems then upper and lower cold air returns would be best. An ideal situation would be upper and lower cold air returns that could be opened and...

I 've looked at a few of those systems and haven't seen many that have more inputs available for external inputs. the 75ohm input you are looking at is just the input to the tuner section of the reciever and will not give you the desired results if you plug in there. I looked at the specs but...

I don't recall it being twisted, as it had a sheath over it all similar to NMD90 house wire, I think it was priced at $283cdn for 300m (1000ft)or about 33 cents /ft but I'm not sure that was the price so don't hold me to it.

I'm in the same position, similar diamensions etc. I 'm going to use a 19' room with a 4' wall behind the front wall, instead of the 23' long room. It will give me some storage area and will help since the there is a window and the electrical panel in that 4' area. I was also considering puting...

I saw 12/2 oxygen free at the local HD I'm sure there are many that would say that they can hear the difference between this and wire that cost 10 times as much but I feel it will be fine. I would try to get 12/2 if you can it just may help at little more over the 40'. Since the price of this...

Do you think two single sided posters, one over top of the other would help the colors come out rather than being washed out? or would it dim the light boxes down too much. The other question is do you leave the boxes lit during the movies? I was thinking of using incandecent lamps or rope...